- From: Chris Beer <chris@e-beer.net.au>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 22:23:19 +1000
- To: washingtona@acm.org
- Cc: rachel.flagg@gsa.gov, public-egov-ig@w3.org
+1 to Anne's take on this as well btw - well put. (Yes - I'm a bit behind this week ;) ) Chris On 8/05/2010 7:06 AM, Anne L. Washington wrote: > +1 Rachel and Adam. > > I'd like to see this group provide alternatives in addition to the > semantic-web ones we are pursuing. Remember, some agencies can barely > get PDFs uploaded to a website. Adding to Rachel's practicality note, > our solutions should cover a range of technical abilities and > management buy-in levels. Look forward to a discussion on a future call. > > > Anne L. Washington > http://home.gwu.edu/~annew/ > > On Thu, 6 May 2010, rachel.flagg@gsa.gov wrote: > >> eGov group members, >> I just read this new report from Pew (link below), and all the comments >> from survey respondents, and it got me thinking about our eGov group. >> Lately the email conversations and conference calls within our group >> have >> been dominated with talk of linked data and the semantic web....and I >> think we are moving away from our core mission. >> >> I am wondering how the semantic web can, in a PRACTICAL way, really help >> us improve electronic government in the next few months of our >> Charter... >> especially given that the semantic web still seems to be, to a great >> extent, theoretical. I am a big fan of practicality - and since our >> Charter has a time limit - if we are going to develop some serious, >> practical standards to help governments around the world improve their >> online service delivery... is the semantic web really the best way to >> get >> there? >> >> I welcome your thoughts on how we can get our group back on track, >> working >> toward our THREE areas of focus: >> >> - Usage of Web Standards (Government Websites and use of best practices >> and standards) >> - Transparency and Participation (Enabling discovery, communications, >> and >> interaction) >> - Seamless Integration of Data (Use of data standards, Semantic Web, >> XML) >> >> Read the report: "The Fate of the Semantic Web" >> http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Semantic-Web/Overview.aspx?r=1 >> >> Thanks! >> -Rachel >> ------------------------------- >> Rachel Flagg >> Forum Community Manager >> & Co-Chair, Federal Web Managers Council >> Government Web Best Practices Team >> Office of Citizen Services >> U.S. General Services Administration >> rachel.flagg@gsa.gov >> www.webcontent.gov - Better websites. Better government. >> >> ----- Forwarded by Rachel L. Flagg/XCC/CO/GSA/GOV on 05/06/2010 07:38 AM >> Pew Internet & American Life Project <info@pewinternet.org> >> New Research Alert: The Fate of the Semantic Web >> By Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie >> >> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103361950871&s=4634&e=001fwsSaGi8rI1W_X0fg6gEJzS4l7bg5ReW6gzAi4dV1Pe1Vy7lZMislUBeF4T3Blm3RhEVjkMkjsWybFKCHVBc7UtQl7QcNFLxehYRpCmc_uWEir9GrAC4TUvCcib1GX7nBFib4xI23nDChap61FI5bA==] >> >> >> May 4, 2010 >> Technology experts and stakeholders who participated in a recent survey >> believe >> online information will continue to be organized and made accessible in >> smarter >> and more useful ways in coming years, but there is stark dispute about >> whether the >> improvements will match the visionary ideals of those who are working to >> build the >> semantic web >> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103361950871&s=4634&e=001fwsSaGi8rI3IMB91g_98ODxZNcOCVM_4GG0TEW-SG41U7bqM1T7xFYYt8JUSH_Uoy4bd3508wXDq9D_mM0GTOew7x_ADCqVUz_MwSUXzh7jB_-TQpa3IzDmczmJ-7HIvYST2jacZaDaIhIXnGDIBYBqaW6R31kwj_zDYpGnnbLgttIOAd4vIiO9JqqxLRVo1LJimaGt0OVoNNgK1kniVGw==]. >> >> >> Some 895 experts responded to the invitation of the Pew Research >> Center's >> Internet >> & American Life Project and Elon University's Imagining the Internet >> Center to predict >> the likely progress toward achieving the goals of the semantic web by >> the >> year 2020. >> >> Asked to think about the likelihood that Berners-Lee and his allies will >> realize >> their vision, often called Web 3.0 >> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103361950871&s=4634&e=001fwsSaGi8rI35NY1_2-OqjWKENbU801OJ6j2rRgy-8cw7Y8Zu6xk-P5Axd1n23lR8lb_SjRKsldmlFTv0Ev9NOu42vh1aRZvMKvBftXpuvpd-HD6Dk8rmPxJkoVFSOEb7igoDcNykUeNulkjayvAolBIxUKlaILHH], >> >> these technology experts and stakeholders were divided and often >> contentious. >> Some 47% agreed with the statement: >> >> "By 2020, the semantic web envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee will not be as >> fully effective >> as its creators hoped and average users will not have noticed much of a >> difference." >> Some 41% agreed with the opposite statement, which posited: >> >> "By 2020, the semantic web envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee and his allies >> will have >> been achieved to a significant degree and have clearly made a difference >> to average >> internet users." >> >> The web-based survey gathered opinions from prominent scientists, >> business >> leaders, >> consultants, writers and technology developers. It is the fourth in a >> series of >> Internet expert studies >> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103361950871&s=4634&e=001fwsSaGi8rI351yrh91tYPRKXTWIJ2XWKZkOwP0puGgJTp-vcHhqCFXzdetSXN9eiwKz1G7JwnSl3RFlwUgbbZWcnoEG-fz1r7TZQCTIp7-XMTNdlpZUrzNkUHpR0G-cstrM8EY9CGx8isZkdDy2Re9UlKP_IwEWN] >> >> conducted by the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University and >> the >> Pew Research >> Center's Internet & American Life Project. >> >> Read more: >> http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Impact-of-the-Internet-on-Institutions-in-the-Future.aspx >> >> >> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103361950871&s=4634&e=001fwsSaGi8rI35NY1_2-OqjWKENbU801OJ6j2rRgy-8cw7Y8Zu6xk-P5Axd1n23lR8lb_SjRKsldmlFTv0Ev9NOu42vh1aRZvMKvBftXpuvpd-HD6Dk8rmPxJkoVFSOEb7igoDcNykUeNulkjayvAolBIxUKlaILHH] >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> Pew Internet & American Life Project | 1615 L Street, NW, Suite 700 | >> Washington | DC | 20036 >> >
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